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Great Red Sedge

Phryganea grandis

1,166Records since 2000
JunePeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr7
May108
Jun395
Jul227
Aug41
Sep44
Oct41
Nov17
Dec5

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England173
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland73
3Norfolk England59
4Lincolnshire England52
5Kent England38
6Surrey England31
7Suffolk England28
8North Yorkshire England27
9Rutland England27
10Doncaster England23
11Gloucestershire England19
12Northamptonshire England19
13Essex England17
14Somerset England17
15Monmouthshire Wales15
1,028 England101 Scotland31 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,166
Peak month
June
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Phryganea grandis
Group
Caddisflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,158
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Phryganeidae
Genus
Phryganea
Name with authority
Phryganea grandis Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1214699 · GBIF 1441007